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Meeting Agenda

*Please note, some of the information below is subject to change as preparation for the meeting continues.
 

Tuesday, August 30

12:00 PM – 3:00 PM Exhibitor Setup
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Stores Board Meeting (Stores Board Only)
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Registration and Exhibits Open
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Exhibitor / Stores Reception
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM Disaster Services Corporation Board Meeting (Disaster Board Only)
 

Wednesday, August 31

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Morning Mass
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Hospitality Break
9:30 AM – 4:00 PM National Stores Meeting with Executive Directors & Exhibitor Showcase (Includes Lunch Buffet)

• • Whitehouse and Schapiro Plant Tour and Hospitality (4:00 PM – 6:00 PM)
  • National Disaster Preparedness Workshop (Includes Lunch Buffet)

9:30 AM – 1:00 PM Executive Directors Tour (Bagged Lunch Included) $30
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Others Lunch On Your Own
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Formation Committee Meeting
1:00 PM – 4:30 PM Optional Baltimore Tours $30

• • Religious Sites Tour
  • Family and Housing Services Tour
  • Hunger Services Tour

2:00 PM – 3:45 PM Governance Committee Meeting
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Executive Directors Meeting

• • Includes: Executive Directors Track — Session 1: “Professionalizing the Vincentian Mission”

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM National Board of Directors meeting
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Welcome Reception

• • Dinner On Your Own (Let Us Break Bread Together Option)

Thursday, September 1

7:30 AM – 8:00 AM Morning Prayer and Rosary
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Daily Mass
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Hospitality Break
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Workshop Block #1

• • Home Visits: The Heart of Our Vocation
  • Understanding Bylaws and Why They Matter
  • Aha!: Bridges Our of Poverty
  • Executive Director Track Session 2: “Growing the Mission”
  • Year-Round Fundraising Goals … Achieving Your Mission
  • Revitalization of Conferences (Presented in Spanish — Limited Supply of English Translation Available)

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM National Committee Meetings

• • Growth and Revitalization
  • Hispanic / Latino Task Force
  • National Stores Committee (Closed)
  • Disaster Services Committee
  • VOP / Systemic Change Committee
  • Youth Committee
  • Housing Task Force
  • African American Task Force
  • Reentry Task Force
  • Young Adults Committee
  • Communications Committee (Closed)

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Workshop Block #2

• • The Spirituality of Succession Planning
  • Vincentian Spirituality of Fundraising
  • Neighborhood Assistance Management & Financial Reporting
  • A Culture of Encounter
  • Executive Director Track Session 3: “Funding the Mission”

12:00 PM – 1:15 PM Lunch — Foundation Endowment Presentation & Award
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Presidential Welcome and Bishop Hying Presentation
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Hospitality Break
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Keynote Presentation: “Catholic Philanthropy: Inspiration, Impact, and Next Generation Engagement” — Alexia Kelley
4:15 PM – 5:15 PM Workshop Block #3

• • Standards of Excellence
  • Our Timeless Home Visits (Spanish Translation Available)
  • Survival Kit for Conference Presidents
  • The Future of the Society: How Do We Stay Relevant?
  • Hunger & Food Insecurities: When Food Pantries Aren’t Enough
  • Executive Director Track Session 4: “Staffing the Mission”
  • Youth Workshop: How to Do Gud Day

6:30 PM – 9:00 PM Host City Night — Aquarium & Meet the Presidential Candidates
 

Friday, September 2

7:00 AM – 7:30 AM Morning Prayer and Rosary
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Vincentian Group Breakfast
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Spiritual Retreat: Dan Schutte, Spirit and Song
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Exhibitor Workshop
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Daily Mass & Recommitment — Bishop Donald J. Hying
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch — Disaster Services Award
12:30 PM – 2:30 PM Foundation Board Meeting (Working Lunch)
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Workshop Block #4

• • Best Practices Poster Session
  • Executive Director Track Session 5: “Serving the Mission: Connecting Volunteers & Parish Vincentians to Programs”

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Hospitality Break
3:00 – 4:00 PM General Session — The Global Synod Process: How the Society Can Be Heard — Kerry Robinson
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Youth Workshop — “Do Gud Day Activity”
4:30 PM – 6:30 PM Regional Meetings

• • Eastern Region
  • Mideast Region
  • Midwest Region
  • North Central Region
  • Northeast Region
  • Southeast Region
  • South Central Region
  • Western Region

6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Dinner on Your Own (Regional Dinner Option)
7:05 PM Optional Baltimore Orioles vs. Oakland Athletics
 

Saturday, September 3

7:00 AM – 7:30 AM Morning Prayer and Rosary
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Hospitality Break
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Youth Service Project — Beans and Bread
9:30 – 9:30 AM General Session Presentation — International President, Renato Lima de Oliveira

• • Foundation Endowment Launch

10:00 AM – 2:00 PM National Council Business Meeting
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Workshop Block #5

• • Social Media 101
  • Best Practices in Reentry Panel: How to Start or Grow a Reentry Site
  • Reeling … or Healing
  • Spiritual Underpinnings of Advocacy
  • Intercultural Competence
  • Effective Conference Meetings (Presented in Spanish — Limited Supply of English Translation Available)

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Workshop Block #6

• • Welcoming God’s People! Finding New Vincentians
  • Hispanic Latino Discussion Panels (Spanish Translation Available)
  • Supporting & Retaining Employees Through Stability & Community
  • Conference Simulation: Intentional Invitation & Effective Onboarding
  • Fighting Homelessness: Resources to Build Relationships & Capacity

12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Vincentian Group Lunch — IFR Anniversary Celebration
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Youth Lunch and Discussion
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Youth Workshop with Msgr. East
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Workshop Block #7

• • Vincentian Spirituality (Spanish Translation Available)
  • Hoarding — What It Means
  • Media Relations 101
  • Landlord Engagement Services
  • Inclusive Advocacy — Speaking as One
  • Executive Directors Track — Session 6 “Leading the Mission”
  • Youth and Young Adult International Video Call

4:30 PM – 5:00 PM Rosary
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Vigil Mass — Archbishop Lori
6:00 PM – 9:30 PM Cocktail Reception & Closing Banquet — Cash Bars Only
9:30 PM – 11:30 PM Young Adult Gathering (TBD)
 

Sunday, September 4

7:00 AM Breakfast on Your Own
8:30 AM – 3:00 PM Post Assembly Pilgrimage Tour — Seton Shrine $50

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